Martha (Wood) Raynor (1612 - 1667)

Born 8 Apr 1612 in Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thurston Raynor — married about 1638 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died Oct 1667 at age 55 in Long Island, New York Colony

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Martha (Wood) Raynor migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Martha Wood was baptized on 8 April 1612 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England;^[1]the daughter of Edmund Wood of Shelf in Halifax, Yorkshire, and his wife Martha Lum, daughter of William Lum.^[1]

Martha's siblings were:^[1]

1. Jonas Wood who was baptized in Halifax on Sept. 18, 1614. m. Elizabeth Strickland by about 1640. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Strickland.
2. Susannah Wood was baptized at Halifax on March 23, 1616. She married Samuel Clark about 1640.
3. Jeremiah Wood was baptized at Halifax on January 6, 1619/20. He married Elizabeth __?__ by about 1641. It is possible her name was Elizabeth Smith, sister of James and John Smith "Nan." If this is accurate it would make her the stepdaughter of Richard Gildersleeve.(see continuance of note at source.
4. Timothy Wood who was baptized at Halifax on July 14, 1622. He married a daughter of John Strickland by about 1649. The first name of this daughter is unknown.

She married Thurston Raynor by about 1639.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, vol. VII, pages 491-496.

• Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.p. 491-496 Edmund Wood.link for subscribers
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) V. 11 (1934) p. 204. "John Strickland and His Sons-In-Law" (contains Wood genealogy)subscription site

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Wood-4766 created through the import of Olund Family Tree.ged on Nov 15, 2011 by Michael Olund.
• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Wood-7194 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013.
• Thank you to Dale Burdick for creating Wood-8382 on 26 Jul 13.
• WikiTree profile Wood-4377 created through the import of RamageRice102011.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by Molly Rice.
• WikiTree profile Wood-6129 created through the import of ReevesFamilyMaster_2012_2012-09-25.ged on Sep 25, 2012 by Keith Reeves.
• rootsweb database: jghts (24 June 2010). Thank you James Lindsley !